by technology. >> cute, right? ge is a part owner of nbc universal. but when we say smart grid, when we say if our grid only had a brain we are comparing it to what we have now. a very dumb grid. and we say it not because the grid did poorly on the iq test, but because in the iphone world, it is the huge brick cell phone, it is big, and when power outages happen they affect vast areas. it is not dynamic, the dumb grid can't reroute. with electronics it becomes increasingly over burdened. ge was not alone here, the smart grid, president obama wanted it more than just about anything else. he saw it as hoover dam, the tennessee valley authority. president obama had dream fs foa digital smart grid, rerouting power around them. he basically wanted to merge the grid with the internet so we could adjust our grids with the iphone when we were out of the house, program our appliances to save us money, and help sell electric cars. back to our utilities. but the president's advisers told him it was not possible. and for a num